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James Miller (Millermena)

@jamesmiller.bsky.social

The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/ Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic

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ICE can't find people to fill its ranks as a direct result of the pressure we are putting on them. Report ICE, protest ICE, refuse to back down and they will crumble

06.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spot-on framing, excellent headline.

06.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 651    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

This is *wild.*

A reporter notes local police contradict White House’s claims used to justify deploying troops to a U.S. city, and the press secretary blames partisanship and says she’ll bring a group of independent journalists to the WH to offer a different account?

We’re talking about a…city!

06.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poor people in our society can't afford to make good financial decisions. Lack of social safety nets mean they pay for childcare. Working 2 jobs means they eat fast food or prepared food. No money for a new car means old cars that always need repair.

Poor Americans can't buy "good boots"

06.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congressman @repmcgovern.bsky.social claims Trump has already been shutting down the Government illegally since he first got into office: spectrumnews1.com
share.newsbreak.com/fbyjdn2g

06.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why are you in recess?

06.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Subtle digs like this are crucial for adding context. Too many journalists are simply stenographers, bending over backwards to avoid saying the obvious out of fear of the fact that the truth is indeed partisan

06.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The private prison facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is the only location in the state still detaining immigrants for ICE. Reports from inside say conditions have been made as bad as possible so people don't fight their deportation. #ICEscream www.facebook.com/share/r/1BBY...

06.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Statue of Paul Revere labeled "Radical Left Horserider That Doxxed An Imperial Army's Special Military Operation"

Statue of Paul Revere labeled "Radical Left Horserider That Doxxed An Imperial Army's Special Military Operation"

It's time for our leaders to start standing up for what is right, not what the fascists say is legal

06.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope those police officers learned a valuable lesson: the "law and order party" is motivated by hate, not justice

06.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans are cowards. Cowardice lies at the heart of all of their policies and motivations. They are exclusively motivated by fear. They've destroyed the entire country because they're afraid of everything.

Boston, by the way, one of the safest cities in America scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...

05.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Surreal Moment for America': ICE Agents in Chicago Drag Children Out of Their Homes, Ransack Building​ | Common Dreams Federal law enforcement officials in Chicago conducted a controversial raid, dragging residents, including children, from their homes.

'Surreal Moment for America':
ICE Agents in Chicago Drag naked Children Out of Their Homes and then placed into U-Haul vans, Ransack Building​

- forcibly removed all residents from their homes regardless of legal status
- treated us like we were nothing

www.commondreams.org/news/ice-rai...

02.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
Worcester nonprofit shut down after feds pull funding over its mention of DEI training MassEdCo provides assistance for college applicants and until recently had staff working inside Worcester's high schools.

These are the crimes that cost our community every day.

Mention of DEI costs Worcester nonprofit $2 million in federal funding

MassEdCo provides assistance for college applicants and until recently had staff working inside Worcester's high schools.

www.telegram.com/story/news/e...

03.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was at the Kyiv Art Market today –
to discover new
Ukrainian talents.

Take a look at these textile paintings:
Olesia Tkachenko
Emerald Waves
wool, silk, viscose, hemp

03.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5
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If someone uses ICEBlock to perpetrate a violent attack on government agents, then the app creates a record that can be used to identify and prosecute the actors. That's not what the secret police is worried about. They're worried about no longer being secret and being held to account for crimes.

03.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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In Trump country, a Democrat critiques Trump β€” and talks of succeeding him NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear about his cross-party appeal in a state that has always overwhelmingly voted for Trump.

Could Andy Beshear be the first Democrat in a generation to run a 50 state campaign and actually change American politics? www.npr.org/2025/10/02/n...

03.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When you're working with the Kremlin, the Saudis, and the Israelis, just cut the middle man out and they can take what they want right from our computers

03.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ever-excellent @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social explores how propagandists use "information alibis" to lie in advance of Russian atrocities. Recognizing this tactic could be used to ensure propagandists face justice when Russians are held accountable for war crimes www.politico.eu/article/russ...

02.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’₯…my fellow American. I'm sorry to tell you our democracy is already dead. & once you accept that you will realize that your job, OUR job, is no longer to read the monitors or run the labs. We've got a funeral to plan, & we've got to figure out how dad can keep living in his house when mom is gone.

02.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. Thanks James:

β€œThe survival of truth. The survival of democracy. The survival of a nation that values freedom over fear, justice over power, and people over profit. The survival of the free peoples of the world over the united and global efforts of dictators, fascists, and kleptocrats.”

02.10.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaza aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg intercepted by Israeli navy Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats, verified by Reuters, showed Israeli soldiers sporting helmets and night vision goggles boarding the ships, while passengers huddled together in life ves...

Gaza aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg intercepted by Israeli navy www.yahoo.com/news/article...

02.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

well, these aren't Republicans anymore, they're Trumpites, MAGA. There is no GOP

02.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Washington Post asked a thousand Americans who is responsible for shut down β€” way more blamed Trump and his congressional majorities than blamed Dems.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

02.10.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
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What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.

It's almost like there aren't any Republican policies that work. But that can't be true, because our President says the Democrats are the problem. Super weird www.npr.org/sections/sho...

02.10.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This regime thinks they can arrest whomever they want. But guess what? If we don't stand up and stop them, they're 100% correct

02.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fired Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas is fighting for his job back β€” in court Demoulas filed a counterclaim Wednesday in a Delaware court, accusing his three sisters β€” who control 60% of the beloved Massachusetts-based grocery chain β€” of conspiring to push him out of the job.

This morning in WBUR Today: Former Market Basket CEO Artie T. is pushing to get his job back in court

Here's what we learned from his 94-page counterclaim, and how the company's board is responding: www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org

02.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ever-excellent @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social explores how propagandists use "information alibis" to lie in advance of Russian atrocities. Recognizing this tactic could be used to ensure propagandists face justice when Russians are held accountable for war crimes www.politico.eu/article/russ...

02.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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As reported on Telegram:

French special forces seized a Russian oil tanker off the coast of France. It was likely used to launch drones over Europe.

1/4

01.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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PRITZKER: "It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in,but he is copying tactics of Vladimir Putin by sending troops into cities; there's something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked." Gee, I sure hope something comes of this!. .

01.10.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people.
Mission-critical activities of HHS will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown.

The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of HHS will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown.

This is a Hatch act violation

01.10.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 13

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